Clare Pelham joins expert group on sodium valproate
Epilepsy Society's chief executive Clare Pelham has joined the Sodium Valproate Expert Working Group which supports the Government's Commission on Human Medicines.
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt sends second letter to Epilepsy Society
Epilepsy Society's chief executive, Clare Pelham, has welcomed a second letter from the Department of Health in response to her letter to health secretary Jeremy Hunt, calling for mandatory reviews for women and girls of childbearing age taking sodium valproate.
Arlene Foster and DUP support Epilepsy Society sodium valproate campaign
Arlene Foster, leader of the Democratic Unionist Party and First Minister of Northern Ireland has pledged her support for Epilepsy Society's campaign to ensure mandatory reviews for all women and girls of childbearing who take sodium valproate.
Jeremy Hunt responds to Epilepsy Society on sodium valproate
On 21 September 2017, Epilepsy Society's chief executive, Clare Pelham, wrote to health secretary Jeremy Hunt asking him to introduce mandatory annual reviews for any girl or woman of childbearing age who is taking the epilepsy drug sodium valproate.
Epilepsy drug Trobalt (retigabine) to be discontinued
The epilepsy drug Trobalt, also known as retigabine, is to be discontinued and will no longer be available after June 2017.